Composition for cleaning and protecting metal surfaces



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES TV. TRIOKEY, OF BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMPOSITION FOR CLEANING PROTECTING METAL SURFACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,535, dated May 9,1882.

Application filed January 21, 1881.

To all whom tt may concern Be it known thatl', CHARLES W. TRICKEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Belmont, in the county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulCompound to be used for Cleaning, Polishing, and Protecting Brass,Bright Iron, and other Metals, of which the following is aspecitic'ation.

The invention consists in a mixture of oils in certain proportions witha preparation of gum-guaiaonm and scented with oil-mirbane.

To prepare this compound, take of marrowoil, one and one-half part;paraffine-oil, one and one-half part; oleine, one part, and mix themtogether. To each gallon of the mixture add four fluid ounces of thetincture of gumguaiacum and one dram of oil-mirbane. Then mix theingredients thoroughly by stirring over a slow fire. If it is desired tomake the mixture thin, add twen ty-five per cent. of kerosene-oil, andto that may be added as much of the tincture as found desirable.

This compound is used by rubbing the surface to be cleaned and protectedwith a woolen or other fabric or material wet-ted or moistened with thecompound.

(Specimens) I have ascertained from experiment and practical tests thatthe acid properties of the oleine, when the compound is applied. to thecylinder-head of a steameugine, will, without staining the metal,dissolve the tarnish and remove whatever oil has been burned on thehead.

The preparation of gum increases the cleaning property of the compound,brings out a deep, intense, and desirable luster, and protects in agreat measure the metal from the action of the atmosphere and frombecoming easily spotted.

Having described my invention, claim is-- The within-described compoundfor cleaning and protecting metal surfaces, consisting of marrow-oil,paraffine-oil, oleine, tincture of gum-guaiacum, and oil-mirbane, inabout the proportions specified.

what I CHARLES W. TRIOKEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN TEIoKEY, WILLIAM J EWE'r '1.

